Tomorrow is our last day in Vegas, but let's back up a few days. We took a short drive out to Hoover Dam a few days ago. We had seen Hoover Dam 7-8 years ago when we took a short trip to Vegas, but the weather was really soupy, so to speak and we couldn't really tell anything about it. Having spent the previous entire day on the Last Vegas strip we thought it would be a nice change of pace.
Construction of the Hoover Dam began in 1931 and was completed 4 years later in 1935. The dam was constructed because of frequent flooding of the Colorado river in the 1800 and 1900's. The water from the dam had to be equitably divided between seven states, including Mexico. In 1999 it was named the number five construction achievement of the 20th century. President Franklin D Roosevelt dedicated the dam on September 30, 1936.
In order to get a detailed look, we decided to take a tour. We were taken down several floors underground and were shown the various aspects of the building followed by the visitor center and many artifacts. It was also a beautiful drive over there as well. All in all, we really enjoyed our visit to Hoover Dam and learned a lot as well.
We went back to the Vegas strip today and spent several hours. We went into many of the hotel casions and shopped around. Mark took lot's of pictures along the way as well. We gambled a couple of hours and only lost a small amount which was good--we never expect to come out ahead when gambling. We hoped to stay out long enough to get some pictures of the strip at night but 8 hours was about all we could handle...I guess getting 'old' takes a toll on your joints and aching feet after awhile! We're hardly big gamblers, so I doubt we'll do any more for at least a year.
As for our future plans, you may remember that last year we were headed to Simi Valley in California to see the Reagan Library when Clyde ruptured his ACL and we rushed home for his emergency surgery. We've decided that since we're only a day's drive away we'll head back to Simi Valley one more time to check ou the Library. We haven't decided if we'll head north from there, or turn around and head back east through Vegas towards Yellowstone.
We were recently contacted by our tentative workamper location in Glacier National Park and told that we would need to work a minimum of 40 hours weekly plus overtime as required for the park during the summer season of June-August, leaving us little time to enjoy the area...that really caught us offguard and we're not sure what we're going to do. If we wanted to work 40+ hours weekly right now, we'd just get fulltime jobs at home! We told her we'd get back with her and give her an answer later this week. Just wish she would have made that clear last March when we interviewed for the jobs. Oh well, that's life.
Well that's wrap for this update, hope everyone had a terrific week--we certainly did. Until later~
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HI I found you on hitch-itch and enjoy reading your website. I hope you do not need to take this workcamping job as that is way to many hours and it really defeats the purpose of rving. Too much time to work for a site and you will have no time for yourself. I workamped twice but never again. What I have found that works for me is the following. Pick a place FOR THE WINTER and since it is winter time go into the town and find a part-time job at a restaurant. I know it is not glamorious but I look at it different. You get paid for what you work and most places you get free food. SO you also save on your grocery bill. Now save all this money for the winter and go spend it for the summer. My last workamping job I was required to work or be on call 250 hours a month...yep all for a 300 month site. Fool me once same on you, fool me twice shame on me. I quit the second job after 3 weeks. And honestly most workamping jobs are actually harder, more physical than the jobs in town, and of course you make more. Can you imagine showing up to find out you had to work 40 plus hours? Would you have left or stayed? Most parks are hurting the workamper theme (so to speak) because the do not tell everything until you show up and then it is usually to late to leave (or they make you feel guilty if you do leave). I was never more disappointed in workamping because I felt both times I was taken advantage of after I arrived. First job I took was all the way from Florida to Oregon. Do not, I repeat, do not use rv.net forums (workamping) to find a talk about a workamping job. This site is 100% pro owner and no talk about being abused will be tolerated. Good luck on your travels.
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